The Excellence in Standards Award

The Excellence in Standards Award recognizes individuals or companies who have been actively involved in advancing Society standards activities and processes.

In recognition of his continuous efforts to ensure prompt dissemination of information within SMPTE to partner organizations and the general public. Treleaven ensured timely and effective information exchange and collaboration with SMPTE partner organizations as Liaison Chair. He produced quarterly meeting reports and gave the public an invaluable window into ongoing SMPTE activities. He has also contributed to developing transparent, effective, and accountable standards as chair and as secretary of several technical committees. SMPTE acknowledges Treleaven for his dedication to the standards process.

Paul Treleaven obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, London in 1972. He started his career in broadcast engineering with BBC Designs Department. His work included design of the interpolation system for the BBC’s ‘ACE’ four-field standards converter. In 1979, Treleaven co-founded Avitel, a company designing and manufacturing video, audio and timecode distribution and processing equipment. He continued with Avitel as Technical Director until 2001. Treleaven is a Technology Consultant for the IABM, representing the IABM at SMPTE and AES standards meetings and ABU technology committee meetings. He is also a member of the UK’s National Standards Body for IEC TC100. Treleaven has served as SMPTE International Region Governor and is a SMPTE Fellow. He has held various positions as Chair and Secretary of SMPTE Technology Committees and has served as SMPTE Standards Liaison Chair. Treleaven continues to contribute to SMPTE standards plenary meetings and drafting groups.